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SERENA STARTS STRONG
(19.01.2010) World number one Serena Williams sent a message to her rivals with a convincing win in the first round of Australian Open.
World number one Serena Williams of USA easily disposed Ursula Radwanska of Poland 6-2 6-1 in the first round of the first Grand Slam of the year in Melbourne, Australia.

6th seeded elder sister Venus Williams was also convincing in a 6-2 6-2 first round win over Lucie Safarova of Czech Republic.

In another first round match, scheduled on Court 11, Barbara Zahlavova Strycova and Regina Kulikova played for 4 hours and 19 minutes, the second longest women’s singles match in the Open era. Zahlavova Strycova won 7-6(5) 6-7(10) 6-3.

Other significant first round results were as follows:

Jelena Jankovic(Serbia/8)-Monica Niculescu(Romania): 6-4 6-0
Agnieszka Radwanska(Poland/10)-Tatjana Malek(Germany): 6-1 6-0
Ana Ivanovic(Serbia/20)-Shenay Perry(USA): 6-2 6-3
Vania King(USA)-Dominika Cibulkova(Slovakia/23): 6-3 6-7(5) 7-5
Karolina Sprem(Croatia)-Anabel Medina Garrigues(Spain/25):6-3 6-2


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DEFENDING CHAMPION ELIMINATED
(28.05.2010) Defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova was upset by compatriot Maria Kirilenko in a third round battle at French Open.
IVANOVIC GOES DOWN
(27.05.2010) 2008 winner Ana Ivanovic was dominated in her second round match and was eliminated in the second round of French Open.
RAIN STARTED
(26.05.2010) Rain started appear on the fourth day of Grand Slam Challenge in French Open and some of the matches had to be postponed.
THE MIRACLE: DATE-KRUMM
(25.05.2010) Kimiko Date Krumm, a top 5 player of 1990’s, continues to rise in her second career as she upset last year’s finalist Dinara Safina at French Open.
FAVORITES START STRONG
(24.05.2010) All the Top 10 seeds who came out on court on the second day of French Open reached the second round without dropping a set.
FRENCH OPEN STARTS
(23.05.2010) French Open, second grand slam of the year, took off with first round matches, already including two significant upsets.
SHARAPOVA WINS IN STRASBOURG
(22.05.2010) Maria Sharapova of Russia recovered in time to win a title just before the French Open, which will start on Sunday.
DULGHERU REPEATS HER SURPRISE
(22.05.2010) Unseeded Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania defended her title in Warsaw, which she also won unexpectedly last year.
 
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